Eric stopped at the doorway to Ariel's room. He could hear sobbing coming
from inside.
"Wes?" He said pushing the door open.
Wes spun around quickly wiping his eyes. "Eric, I didn't hear you come in."
"Wes, the doctor wants to move Ariel to the hospital. He feels she'll get better care there."
"No," Wes said shaking his head. "Ariel's just in shock she'll come out of it any time now. She needs to be with the people that are most important in her life."
"Wes, think of Andros and Ashley. The wedding is just a few days away, do you want to put a damper on their happiness."
"Why don't you let Andros and I decide what makes us happy?" Ashley said from the doorway.
"And what would make us happiest is Ariel being in the wedding." Andros finished appearing next to her.
"Andros, Ashley, I appreciate what you are trying to do here but it could be a long time before she comes out of it." Wes said, "How can I ask you to postpone your wedding again? You've already had to postpone it once before when Andros had to leave on the Serpenterra mission."
"We've already talked about this Wes." Andros said. "And whether it takes a day, a week, months, or even years, we can wait until Ariel is well enough to be in the wedding."
"Then I guess it's settled." Wes said throwing his hands up in the air in resignation.
"It's settled." Ashley said nodding.
Carter and Dana had returned to the kitchen and were preparing some food. They were enjoying Zhane's attempt at changing Justin's diaper.
"Do you want some help?" Dana offered.
"No." Zhane said stubbornly opening the diaper and then grimacing as the smell overwhelmed him.
"Are you sure?" Carter asked stiflng a giggle.
"I can do this. If I can help save the universe from the forces of evil, I can change a diaper." He said with determination.
"All right then," Dana said. "I'm going to take this tray up to Wes."
"He's probably not going to eat, with losing Jen and Ariel in a coma." Carter said hopelessly.
"She's not in a coma." Zhane said as he carried the offending diaper to the garbage can.
"What do you mean?" Carter asked looking at Zhane in disbelief. "She's up there unconscious."
"Yes, she's unconscious but her spirit is traveling." He answered enigmatically.
"Traveling where?" Dana said looking at him quizzically.
"Wherever it chooses."
"Then why doesn't it 'choose' to go back into it's body." Carter said angrily.
"Because she's trying to reach her mother. Ariel has the gift, I felt it from the moment I met her."
"What gift?" Dana said sitting down at the table.
"The gifts of the mind."
"What Zhane's trying to say is that he's empathic and he senses things." Andros said coming into the kitchen.
"Well then explain this 'gifts' thing to me because I'm not quite getting it." Carter said sitting next to Dana.
"Ariel is special, she has the ability to leave her body and touch minds with other people. We've felt her do it several times since she got here."
"Well then why can't she return to her body now?" Dana asked.
"Because when she was hit with the sedative it forced her spirit to leave her body and by moving her body her spirit became lost." Zhane explained.
"Then why can't we help her put it back?" Carter said looking from Zhane to Andros.
"Because it isn't that easy, she has to want to go back and right now she doesn't want to because she feels like her mother doesn't want her." Zhane answered. "But Wes wants her." Dana argued.
"She knows that." Andros said.
"Its like you're talking to her right now." Carter said confused.
"Yes and no." Zhane answered.
"What do you mean?" Dana asked.
"She's talking to him." Andros said motioning to Justin who was wiggling in Zhane's arms.
"How can she do that?" Carter asked amazedly.
"Because babies are open of mind and of heart." Zhane said smiling at Justin.
"This is too much, Ariel please for your father's sake go back to your body. He needs you." Carter said approaching Justin and speaking to him.
Zhane closed his eyes and was quiet for a moment. "She says that she will, but Jen has to call her back to her body. Her mother's love will bring her back."
"Well then we can just forget it, her mother's gone." Dana said in resignation.
Alex had been listening at the window along with Katie.
"I hope you're happy with what you've done." Katie said angrily.
"No, I'm not." Alex retorted. "But we have to give Jen back."
"And how are we going to do that? The only one that can do that is Marco Stanislav and as long as Demetrius is alive we will never be able to touch him." Katie answered furiously.
"I was thinking of someone else." Alex said. Looking into the living room window at Marie.
"Wes?" He said pushing the door open.
Wes spun around quickly wiping his eyes. "Eric, I didn't hear you come in."
"Wes, the doctor wants to move Ariel to the hospital. He feels she'll get better care there."
"No," Wes said shaking his head. "Ariel's just in shock she'll come out of it any time now. She needs to be with the people that are most important in her life."
"Wes, think of Andros and Ashley. The wedding is just a few days away, do you want to put a damper on their happiness."
"Why don't you let Andros and I decide what makes us happy?" Ashley said from the doorway.
"And what would make us happiest is Ariel being in the wedding." Andros finished appearing next to her.
"Andros, Ashley, I appreciate what you are trying to do here but it could be a long time before she comes out of it." Wes said, "How can I ask you to postpone your wedding again? You've already had to postpone it once before when Andros had to leave on the Serpenterra mission."
"We've already talked about this Wes." Andros said. "And whether it takes a day, a week, months, or even years, we can wait until Ariel is well enough to be in the wedding."
"Then I guess it's settled." Wes said throwing his hands up in the air in resignation.
"It's settled." Ashley said nodding.
Carter and Dana had returned to the kitchen and were preparing some food. They were enjoying Zhane's attempt at changing Justin's diaper.
"Do you want some help?" Dana offered.
"No." Zhane said stubbornly opening the diaper and then grimacing as the smell overwhelmed him.
"Are you sure?" Carter asked stiflng a giggle.
"I can do this. If I can help save the universe from the forces of evil, I can change a diaper." He said with determination.
"All right then," Dana said. "I'm going to take this tray up to Wes."
"He's probably not going to eat, with losing Jen and Ariel in a coma." Carter said hopelessly.
"She's not in a coma." Zhane said as he carried the offending diaper to the garbage can.
"What do you mean?" Carter asked looking at Zhane in disbelief. "She's up there unconscious."
"Yes, she's unconscious but her spirit is traveling." He answered enigmatically.
"Traveling where?" Dana said looking at him quizzically.
"Wherever it chooses."
"Then why doesn't it 'choose' to go back into it's body." Carter said angrily.
"Because she's trying to reach her mother. Ariel has the gift, I felt it from the moment I met her."
"What gift?" Dana said sitting down at the table.
"The gifts of the mind."
"What Zhane's trying to say is that he's empathic and he senses things." Andros said coming into the kitchen.
"Well then explain this 'gifts' thing to me because I'm not quite getting it." Carter said sitting next to Dana.
"Ariel is special, she has the ability to leave her body and touch minds with other people. We've felt her do it several times since she got here."
"Well then why can't she return to her body now?" Dana asked.
"Because when she was hit with the sedative it forced her spirit to leave her body and by moving her body her spirit became lost." Zhane explained.
"Then why can't we help her put it back?" Carter said looking from Zhane to Andros.
"Because it isn't that easy, she has to want to go back and right now she doesn't want to because she feels like her mother doesn't want her." Zhane answered. "But Wes wants her." Dana argued.
"She knows that." Andros said.
"Its like you're talking to her right now." Carter said confused.
"Yes and no." Zhane answered.
"What do you mean?" Dana asked.
"She's talking to him." Andros said motioning to Justin who was wiggling in Zhane's arms.
"How can she do that?" Carter asked amazedly.
"Because babies are open of mind and of heart." Zhane said smiling at Justin.
"This is too much, Ariel please for your father's sake go back to your body. He needs you." Carter said approaching Justin and speaking to him.
Zhane closed his eyes and was quiet for a moment. "She says that she will, but Jen has to call her back to her body. Her mother's love will bring her back."
"Well then we can just forget it, her mother's gone." Dana said in resignation.
Alex had been listening at the window along with Katie.
"I hope you're happy with what you've done." Katie said angrily.
"No, I'm not." Alex retorted. "But we have to give Jen back."
"And how are we going to do that? The only one that can do that is Marco Stanislav and as long as Demetrius is alive we will never be able to touch him." Katie answered furiously.
"I was thinking of someone else." Alex said. Looking into the living room window at Marie.